Design by using NetApp's best practices

I am preparing for my VCP5 and I read the new book by Scott Lowe. the book describes how the traffic should be isolated. your vMotion, vmkernal, etc., but in many organizations, I see the NetApp with some of data warehouses and a few LUNS to CIFS share LUNS. I guess you can have your vmMotion on a VLAN separated, but would not safer just configure a windows VM file server to host your files? In freenas and openfiler forums, they stress is not to run their software in virtual machines in a production environment.   Physical separation would be better then just a VLAN? I was inking and correct me if I'm wrong. I think the CIFS shares in a virtual hosting machine would SAN, vMotion, vmkernal, most reliable if you have redundant switches on both sides VMware hosts. So if your kernel switches drop your vmware environment will not drop.

> traffic must be isolated.

Yes, the network traffic must be split on networks separated for various reasons, including performance and safety.

> NetApps with MON a few for data warehouses and a few LUNS to CIFS share.

Yes, if you have a NetApp file server you can block-level storage server as FCP or iSCSI, CIFS or NFS file-level storage.

> I guess you can have your vmMotion on a VLAN separated, but would not safer just configure a windows VM file server to host your files?

OK, you lost me.  Yes, you must separate the vMotion traffic to enhance the performance and because the vMotion traffic is not encrypted.

I don't see where you're going for vMotion to a Windows file server?

However, if you are referring to, why don't you your NetApp instead of Windows CIFS Server:

You don't need to patch and reboot the NetApp at least once a month.

Performance is better

You don't need to buy a Windows license and then maintain Windows

Snapshots.  NetApp has the best shots in the business.  When your Windows I/O high, or just typing box because it of Tuesday and removes all of your VSS snapshots you really wish you had a NetApp.

> In the forums of freenas and openfiler, they stress is not to run their software in virtual machines in a production environment.

Note that there are a ton of storage there equipment running as VMs and server NFS for shared storage, including left and they have been stable for years.

> Physical separation would be better then just a VLAN?

Yes, if you have the infrastructure.  When it comes to the first time I've seen reference you VLAN?  Are you talking about now the NetApp as the series 2020 with two network cards where you need to carry all traffic (managent, CIFS and iSCSI) through them via VLAN?

Like this: http://sostechblog.com/2012/01/08/netapp-fas2xxx-fas3xxx-2-nic-ethernet-scheme/

> I was inking and correct me if I'm wrong. I think the CIFS shares in a virtual hosting machine would SAN, vMotion, vmkernal, most reliable

CIFS is nothting to do with SAN, vMotion or VMkernel.  CIFS (SMB) is the protocol used mainly by Windows file sharing

> If you have redundant switches on both sides of the VMware hosts. So if your kernel switches drop your vmware environment will not drop.

You always want to redundant switches.  No single point of failure is the best practice.

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